Market, Fed
After jumbo Fed rate cut, market hopes ride on US soft landing
Prospects of a “soft landing,” where the Fed brings down inflation without pushing the economy into recession, have lifted stocks and bonds this year, though signs of a softening labor market have fueled worries that the Fed may be too late in acting to shore up growth.
Why the Stock Market Is Up After Yesterday's Post-Fed Slide
After closing lower yesterday, the stock market suddenly loves the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut. It may say more about trading under Fed Chair Jerome Powell than anything about monetary policy.
Large Fed Rate Cut Drives Global Markets Higher
The cut, and the prospect of more before the end of the year, pushed MSCI's 47-country world stocks index close to a record high. Wall Street futures were up after the S&P 500 hit its own all-time peak overnight [.N], and Europe also opened strongly. [.EU]
US Stocks Fail Chart Test on Fed Cut, Showing Lack of Momentum
The US stock market’s reaction to the Federal Reserve’s half-point interest rate cut suggests that all-time high fatigue is still in play.
US Stocks Rise As Market Digests Big Fed Rate Cut
Wall Street stocks rose early Thursday as the market continued digesting the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut, which was larger than some analysts had expected.
Stock Index Futures Muted as Euphoria Over Fed Rate Cut Ebbs, FedEx Results Disappoint
S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24)are down -0.09%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are down -0.15% this morning as disappointing earnings results from global economic bellwether FedEx dampened optimism surrounding the outlook for interest rates,
U.S. Stock Futures Jump on Fed's Big Rate cut
Pre-market futures are feeling themselves this morning. We’d just passed the crucible of the “higher for longer” term of interest rates from the Fed — a series of sometimes significant rate hikes from March 2022 through July 2023,
Stocks Higher, Dollar Lower Post Fed's Rate Cut
The Federal Reserve's 50 bp rate cut has made for a volatile 15 hours or so in the foreign exchange market. Click to read.
Mohamed El-Erian Charts Fed Rate Path Ahead Of Next Week's FOMC Meeting: Interest Rates Could Bottom At 3% By 2026
Erian, Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz, has outlined key expectations and market pricing ahead of next week’s Federal ...
Influential labour union says it won't endorse a candidate for president
The Biden administration has been saying for months that the post-Covid surge in inflation is over. On Wednesday, the Federal ...
Detroit Free Press3d
Fed set to cut interest rates: What it could mean for inflation, economy, jobs
Now that it's pretty much a no-brainer that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates ... While prices rose significantly, post-pandemic inflation never came close to the highest levels in ...
Trinity Capital: Positioned Well For A Post-High Interest Rate Environment
Trinity Capital has shown strong performance with an increase in net investment income year-over-year. But read why I ...
Bitcoin bulls target $64K BTC price hurdle as US stocks eye new record
“The US 2Y/10Y treasury spread, an indicator of recession, has been inverted since July 2022 but has recently steepened to ...
A quarter of Republicans think Trump should seize power even if he loses
As the election approaches, new polling shows the breadth of support for Trump’s authoritarian tendencies.
Financial Post4d
Posthaste: Canada and the world brace for the Fed — and the suspense has rarely been higher
Posthaste: Canada and the world brace for the Fed — and the suspense has rarely been higher Back ... who brings us today’s chart — the highest share recorded in the past year. “With the weak ...